The ancient town of Zhujiajiao has many bridges, lanes and corners, revealing the infinite cultural atmosphere of a water town. Zhujiajiao is beautiful and prosperous because of water. It has produced countless heroes over hundreds of years. Today, Zhujiajiao people continue to extend this long source of culture. Thus, Zhujiajiao was born
Many "characteristic corners" were born, whether it was for self-entertainment or mass culture, in short, the "characteristic corner" Xiao He showed his sharpness. Comparing cultural skills, emphasizing cultural taste, practicing cultural pastimes, and absorbing cultural connotations have become the lifestyle of Zhujiajiao people, just like green leaves lining peonies, adding a heavy touch to the water town Zeguo. This is a rich cultural asset. Chunhui Literary Club of Zhujiajiao Middle School has been established for 13 years. It has more than 200 members and 566 works have been published in newspapers and magazines by middle school students across the country.
In the first half of 1998 alone, more than 20 works were selected in the books "Quality of Works" and "Excellent Diary". In the past 13 years, members of the literary club have created more than 8,200 pieces of writing in various genres such as poetry, prose, novels, and newsletters. The 106 issues of the "Chunhui Literature" journal since its inception have been circulated throughout the country. The literary club has won awards in many competitions and was awarded the title of "Excellent Campus Literary Club" in 1995. 864 Chunhui people moved from the mountains and rivers of Zhujiajiao, where they were originally nurtured, to the north and south of the motherland. Another "Literary and Art Creation Group" is led by the Zhujiajiao Town Cultural Center and has been established for more than 20 years. There are more than 20 authors in this team, most of them are writers, creators of the Academy of Literature, members of micro-novel, and members of story clubs. They insist on being amateurs and writing, and are known as "Guzhen Penmasters".
The "Literary and Art Creation Group" has published more than 700 works in major newspapers and magazines across the country. Among them, reportage, prose poetry, and film scripts appear in newspapers almost every year. They also published the poetry collection "Midnight Starry Sky" and the reportage collection "Sunset Over the Ground". A batch of works have been reviewed by the publishing house and will be published one after another. Their works have also been selected and compiled by municipal publications such as "Liberation Daily", "Novel Circle", "Young Generation", "Story King" and so on. "The second characteristic of the literary and art creation group is that they insist on creating artistic works that the masses love to see. For more than 20 years, they have created sketches, folk arts, stories, and short plays with a very high hit rate. They were once called "countryside" by the Shanghai People's Art Museum "Artists". Their commentary "Love is as Deep as the Sea" won the Outstanding Creation Award at the Shanghai Art and Culture Festival; their stories "Bathroom Troubles", "Two Mothers Seized Their Daughters", "Resent to the End", etc., won the Shanghai Municipal Art and Culture Festival's Outstanding Creation Award. The song and dance sketch "Butterflies and Flowers" they created won the first prize in the Ninth Story Festival and the second prize in popular literature. They participated in the Shanghai exchange performance in 1996 and won the title of mass cultural creation and performance that year. Award. The phenomenon of Zhujiajiao's literary and artistic creation group has attracted the attention of knowledgeable people, and "Xinmin Evening News" has made a special study and report on it. Nowadays, calligraphy and painting enthusiasts ranging from old to 84 years old < /p>
When they are teenagers, they consciously form interest groups because of their hobbies and interests. They use books to make friends and express their feelings through paintings. They are "poetry-minded" and cultivate their sentiments, which is beneficial and interesting. Zhao Fuliang from Shui Laowu is immediately attracted by the aroma of books. In the past two years, he has participated in 30 national calligraphy competitions and won more than 20 awards. Among them, he won the first place in the country twice in the first "Huaxia Cup" and "Biwu Cup" calligraphy competitions. His elegant handwriting was preserved in all the shops in the ancient town, and two members of the Calligraphy and Painting Corner also achieved good results in the national hard-tipped calligraphy competition. Zhujiajiao people have a custom of drinking morning tea, and there are many ways to drink tea. You may not believe it.
Every morning before the fog has cleared, the newly opened teahouse under the Fangsheng Bridge in Zhujiajiao and on the bank of the Caogang River is already filled with laughter and tea drinkers. , no matter the wind or rain, the owner of the seat is always the same, including old farmers who come to the town to sell vegetables, and ordinary people in the town. A pair of big cakes and fried dough sticks, a bowl of oily noodles with toppings, and a pot of scalding hot "". "Black tea" is not as rich as Guangdong morning tea, but it is also leisurely and enjoyable. Tea drinkers talk about social news while eating, and talk about the business and development of the town while drinking. Most of them discuss the changes in current policies and life, and more The purpose is to exchange various information with each other. Occasionally, some "first-time visitors" from the city come to the teahouse to sit and drink alone, overlooking the beautiful water and green mountains across the river, and enjoying the rich nostalgia and accent of the countryside. , this is the "tea culture" corner of Zhujiajiao Morning Tea Corner.
However, nowadays, water town teahouses have undergone refreshing changes. They are no longer dominated by "old tea drinkers". Many young people also like to come to teahouses to "have fun". They say that Zhujiajiao's teahouses are an ideal place to "eat atmosphere" . Of course, if you are interested, you may wish to go and taste it. Zhujiajiao, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, has a long history and is a typical cultural ancient town. The "literary scholars" in Zhujiajiao cherish books as much as their lives, and ordinary people also take pleasure in reading and collecting books. In early 1991, the first seminar on the development and utilization of private collections was held in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, which attracted attention and recognition from all walks of life. CCTV Shanghai TV, People's Daily, Liberation Daily, Wenhui Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai Culture and Art News, Farmers Daily, and Labor News have made special reports of different lengths. The development and utilization of private collections are listed in the Shanghai Cultural Yearbook and included in the UNESCO compilation. The household book collection rate in Zhujiajiao reaches more than 50%, and the total number of private book collections exceeds 100,000, which is 10 times the total number of books in the town cultural center, and exceeds the total collection of books in the 21 town libraries in the county. Among them, 18 households have a collection of more than 1,000 volumes; 27 households have a collection of more than 500 volumes; and 64 households have a collection of more than 300 volumes. The collection of books is complete, covering 22 major categories such as political philosophy, social science, and natural science. The book collectors include 80-year-olds, ordinary housewives, teenagers, and even 10-year-old children. People in Zhujiajiao are good at using their brains, reading good books, using good books, hiding good books, and working hard on the word "use". It has successively held town-wide "Special Family Culture Exhibition", "Seminar on Deepening the Utilization of Folk Book Collection Resources", "New and Old Bibliophiles Association", "Knowledge is Power Lecture", etc., and compiled the "Regional Folk Book Collection Joint Record" ", and takes reading, using and collecting books as the criteria for evaluating five good families.
"The clothes are getting wider and wider, but I don't regret it at all. I feel haggard because of the beauty." After visiting Zhujiajiao's home with folk book collections, experts from the Shanghai Municipal Library awarded the Zhu family's book collectors three laurels: bookworm, bookworm, and bibliophile.
The scholar Zhou Tuoxing is a stubborn old man and also a "book" old man. He is 70 years old and has a collection of more than 3,400 books at home, including works by literary giants such as Lu Xun, Maupassant, Tolstoy, Romain Rolland, and Goncharov. He once said something quite philosophical: "If you have a collection of books at home, don't let them sleep. You must squeeze out all the nutrients in them."
Yang Shaoping, a bookworm, is not good-looking but has an artistic talent. He likes to collect calligraphy and painting books. There are more than 1,000 copies. Over the years, he has persevered and dug holes in the sky in order to collect the masterpieces of major celebrities across the country, regardless of cost. Where there is a will, there is a way. The authentic works of celebrities he collected include the treasures of 109-year-old Su Juxian; the works of the youngest calligrapher, 4-year-old Chen Xiaoyan; the autographs of Comrade Wang Guangmei; and the calligraphy of Taiwanese Chen Lifu. Yang Shaoping was so eloquent that he even held a special exhibition; even foreigners came to appreciate it in person. Yang Shaoping himself absorbed nutrients from books and the original works of famous masters, and mastered the real cursive seal script with excellent skills. Yao Daren, a book lover, is an associate professor. His collection of books is unique, and he specializes in collecting insurance books, covering everything from ancient to modern times, both at home and abroad. He served as a cadre of a national insurance company in the early days of liberation, and he still prefers the insurance major. The insurance books at his home are often borrowed by insurance companies.
I came to Yizuo as a book lover. I am not a Buddhist, but I have a special liking for Buddhism. I have four large boxes of Buddhist scriptures at home, and the abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple often comes to his house to copy them.
Little Zhujiajiao has a dazzling number of book collectors and a wide range of book collections. Its social impact has exceeded that of the ancient town itself, attracting the attention of relevant people at home and abroad. Not long ago, I don’t know how the Japanese got the information, so they led a group of professors from Japan’s Osaka University to collect folk customs in Zhujiajiao, and proposed to communicate with some book collectors. Zhujiajiao sent three bookworms and bookworms to compete with their Japanese friends. The three masters lived up to expectations and communicated with the Japanese for two days with their profound knowledge, rich experience, and neither humble nor arrogant attitude. It opened the eyes and surprised the Japanese people, aroused great interest, and promised to meet again next year.
In 1991, Zhujiajiao selected 20 "private book kings", who suddenly seemed to have become Zhujiajiao's "private ambassadors", using the tourist hotline to continuously tell the world about Zhujiajiao's yesterday, today and tomorrow. Zhujiajiao Donghu Street, known as the "book collection street", relies on the footsteps of tourists to show the world the cultural sentiments and rich cultural heritage of Zhujiajiao, and also demonstrates the cultural literacy of the people in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town.